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i was moving my trucks around and noticed it might be a good time to show off my backup lights that are on relays.
brake lights.

backup lights on. you can't even see the red from the brake lights with how bright the backup lights get from just putting them on relays. i know i use to use brake light to assist the backup lights but no need now.

it has been s busy couple days but it is back together and feeling a lot better. no more wobbling seat or having to really slow down for turns. will have to tear it all back out at another date to fix a few things up but for now they should do. i then removed all my tools and cleaned it as good as i could. i also have it a bath which help it get rid of all the dust that has built up on it over the last couple of weeks.

ya. i guess at least it is warming up up here. no more snow.

i spent today bending metal and sandblasting. i think the back of my neck and face are sun burnt. hopefully by tomorrow i will be welding things in.

looks ok as is but looks a lot better when turn your monitor upside down

hard to say if i will have this thing for another 20 years. i think the next thing i will be looking for is a new frame after this. i have a feeling my frame is a bit thinner in certain area's than it should be. i guess i am lucky that it should not be too hard to find a ramcharger with a rotten body but decent frame.

Quote from: rjtx667 on May 02, 2013, 09:48:06 AM
seems that kind of work is very tedious and time consuming.

It took me 2 weekends of work to get the leaf springs changed on my 91... and now I am thinking I want those springs on the 93 and new springs for the 91... it never ends.

ya. is is even more time consuming when your dad is making a exact template for the support when you just need something quick. doesn't need to be perfect. just close enough.

otherwise the fedex truck showed up and guess what? wrong floor pan yet again so it sounds like i am going to have to make my own until they can get me the right one or whatever is going to happen. they said they are going to have to contact there manufacture or something like that. almost thinking about trying to sell the 2 left side floor pans and buy me a passenger side one if i have to.

by the time i am done rust removal and cleaning underneath i think the ramcharger will be a couple hundred pounds lighter. the underside is just caked with oil and dirt. now the oil has save some of the metal but completely screwed the rest.

that thing looks pretty cool. i wouldn't mind cutting the roof off my ramcharger and taking the doors off it but can't afford it.

i think this ramcharger is going to kill me. started working on it at 10am and didn't finish till about 7pm and don't feel like i got very far.

2 floor pans, and 4 cab supports cost me $130 to ship up here. shipping is a bit expensive but compared to what the local parts store prices it is cheap. i think the local parts store wanted $150 per floor pan. i think $290 shipped to my door is a good price if they can get me the correct floor pan this time.

i was thinking the same thing. the 81 does not look too bad and i am not sure what i am going to do with the drivers side floor pan out of the ramcharger. if i can get it out in 1 piece i might actually try selling it for $20. someone might need it. 

had the parts i order show up yesterday. i was pretty happy until i pulled everything out and discovered that they had sent me 2 drivers side floor pans and one of them was even damaged . well after getting ahold of them they said they would ship out the right one and they where going to have me box up the extra pan until they noticed i was up in Canada. once they noticed that they seemed to say never mind. you can just keep it . got a e-mail today from fedex saying there was a package on its way here and will be here on Thursday .

today was also a pretty nice day and the next 3 days are suppose to be even nicer. now i do got to say i am pretty angry at my ramcharger right now. i fired it up while sitting on the floor and put my foot on the brake so i could put it in neutral and my foot went all the way to the floor . the front drivers side brake line blew. go figure it is the 1 line i have not replace but was already replace at one point it time. i think i have all the tools, fittings and brake lines to repair it but i wish i didn't have to. i took the front seats inside and removed the floor mat thing. now i am thinking about removing the rear seat and floor mat. all i know is that by may 7th i need to have this thing back together and fixed to pick my sister up at the airport.

i was kind of thinking the same thing. minus well spend the money right the first time and just get a pro to build you an engine.

i don't think this guy would be able to go too crazy with some of the mods since it is going into a 92. i also don't think the engine he was looking at come with taller roller rockers. i think the engine just came with the stock type since it doesn't say otherwise.
this is the one he was looking at.
http://www.bpeusa.com/P5153475.asp

if you don't mind me asking do you know approximately what the engine build cost you? someone on dodge forum was planing on sticking a 360 in there truck and was planning on buying a crate engine but i was a bit surprised when i saw that it was $6500 for a crate engine that is suppose to only put out 390 Horsepower, 420 ft.-lbs. Torque and is setup for carb.

thanks for the offer but i think i might be ok with the stock one until i swap in a bench seat. i am hoping i might come across a good seat that matches the the stock seats or i may have to get something to cover the red seat from the 91.

my sister says there is more room in the back seat of the ramcharger than there is in the back seat of a typical car even tho the seat is between the wheel wells . i also find with the bench seat in my 81 it seems like it is easier to get into. i think if the ramcharger had tilt steering it might be a bit easier to get into but as is it is a bit of a pain. with a bench seat you can just slide on in.